The 2016 Summer Movie Wager has come to a close…
Here are the final standings for this very hard to predict year! Films that never showed up on my list made millions more than assumed, but mostly, there were quite a few duds that we all expected to do better! Such as Angry Birds, Pete’s Dragon, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Ice Age, The BFG, Warcraft & Ben-Hur.
So, lets see how I did. Did I do better than last year? I hope so, because I didn't do too well last year. I got only 33 points last year, but I got 66 points the year before! Ok. So, lets see first what I wagered and then compare it to the actual numbers this year. What was my wager this time?? What did I think would be the BIGGEST films of this summer?
1. Captain America Civil War
2. The Secret Life of Pets
3. Finding Dory
4. Suicide Squad
5. X-Men Apocalypse
6. Angry Birds
7. TMNT 2
8. The Conjuring 2
9. Ghostbusters
10. Independence Day Resurgence
Of course that's not exactly how it turned out. So let's look at the official results for The Highest Grossing Domestic Summer Films of 2016 (according to Box Office Mojo).
Instead, we actually got...
1. Finding Dory - $482m (2 points off)
2. Captain America Civil War - $408m (1 point off)
3. The Secret Life of Pets - $359m (1 point off)
4. Suicide Squad - $300m (a perfect prediction!)
5. Jason Bourne - $156m (not even on my list! oooops!)
6. X-Men Apocalypse - $155.4m (1 point off)
7. Star Trek Beyond - $155m (not on my list either! oooops!)
8. Central Intelligence - $127m (not on my list again! oooops AGAIN!!)
9. Ghostbusters - $126.5m (two perfect predictions so far!)
10. The Legend of Tarzan - $126.3m (not on my list AT ALL AGAIN! Whoooops! LOL)
That's right. Finding Dory was the biggest movie of summer 2016! And we have only two different genres that reach above the $300m domestic line. Superhero films and Animated Family. Apparently, that's it!
And I feel like I didn't do too well this year. Lots of films not on my list at all!
So, whats my score? This leaves me with a total score of
5+7+7+10+0+7+0+0+10+0 = 46 points!
It's not that great but at least it is better than 2 of the 5 people on the Slashfilm podcast who also do wagers every year!
My Points Progression
2014=66
2015=33
2016=46
So I’d say its pretty acceptable! Maybe I should not just do a Summer Movie Wager every year, but also do a Spring Movie Wager, A Fall Movie Wager, and an Awards Season Movie Wager to see who wins more awards!! Could be fun! :D
